Improving the professional and ethical use of assessment procedures Assessment practitioners have an ethical responsibility insofar as it is practicable to ensure that the individual is not treated unfairly or affected negatively by the assessment or assessment procedure. This responsibility may in practice, however, be constrained by the control that the assessment practitioner has over the user of the assessment and emphasises the importance of the individual granting of informed consent. Those professions whose members are involved in assessment for the workplace should contribute to improved standards of ethical assessment by committing themselves to the following actions. It is understood that the profession of psychology has a special obligation in this regard: 1. Ensuring that information about assessment methods is distributed to all users as it becomes available. 2. Encouraging the ethical use of assessment procedures and actively discouraging unethical use. 3. Publishing information for distribution to members of the public, and especially stakeholders in assessment for the workplace, which explains the use of assessment methods, their advantages, and the key provisions of this Code. 4. Encouraging and facilitating reporting …show more content…
Psychometrists “perform assessments and also contribute to the development of psychological tests and procedures in a variety of contexts, including educational, work, career, health and Non-Governmental Organizations, Non-Profit Organizations and community.” In addition, according to the Professional Board for Psychology, “psychometrists are allowed to administer, score and provisionally interpret psychological tests under the supervision and mentoring of a psychologist. However, reporting the results falls under the final responsibility of a psychologist” (Coetzee & Schreuder, 2010, p.